Arguments to *max* should be supplied explicitly. If you want to use a 
sequence you should use *apply* with *max*:

(apply max [1 2 0.5])

Regars,

Juan

On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:12:20 PM UTC-3, HamsterofDeath wrote:
>
> maybe i am blind, but why does max return the complete lazy seq here 
> instead of the maximum number? if i just print as-products, i get a list 
> of numbers. (count solution) tells me there are 1000+ 
> and yet max gives me the complete list? 
>
> (ns euler.Problem8) 
>
> (def digits 
>   "73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 
>   96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 
>   85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 
>   12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 
>   66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 
>   62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749 
>   30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866 
>   70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776 
>   65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243 
>   52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397 
>   53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482 
>   83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474 
>   82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881 
>   16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586 
>   17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042 
>   24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408 
>   07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188 
>   84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606 
>   05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725 
>   71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450") 
>
> (def solution 
>   (let [as-ints (map int (seq digits)) 
>         partitions (partition 5 1 as-ints) 
>         as-products (map #(reduce * %) partitions)] 
>      (max as-products))) 
> (println solution) 
>

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